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Jenna Fischer said she was diagnosed with signifier 1 triple affirmative bosom crab successful December 2023, but is present cancer-free aft completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
By Gabrielle Chung Oct 08, 2024 9:01 PMTags
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Jenna Fischer is opening up astir her acquisition with cancer.
The Office alum shared connected Oct. 8 that she had spent the past 10 months seeking aesculapian attraction for stage 1 triple affirmative bosom cancer, an assertive signifier of the illness that is besides highly responsive to treatment.
"Back successful October of 2023, I posted a photograph of myself connected Instagram preparing for my regular mammogram with a joking reminder to ‘take attraction of your ticking clip bags’ a la Michael Scott," she wrote connected Instagram, referencing Steve Carell's character. "They recovered thing successful my near breast."
Fischer received her diagnosis successful December 2023 and underwent country to region a bosom tumor the pursuing month.
"Luckily, my crab was caught aboriginal and it hadn’t dispersed into my lymph nodes oregon passim the remainder of my body," the 50-year-old shared. "However, due to the fact that of the assertive quality of triple affirmative bosom cancer, it inactive required chemotherapy and radiation to beryllium definite it didn’t return."
Fischer began chemotherapy successful February, followed by a radiation attraction successful June. Though she is inactive taking Tamoxifen, a medicine utilized to trim the hazard of processing bosom cancer, Fischer said she's present cancer-free and "feeling great."
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"I mislaid my hairsbreadth during chemotherapy but acknowledgment to immoderate large wigs and hats with hair," she continued, "I person been capable to hold until present to uncover each that has been going connected for me."
Fischer said she is choosing to publically stock her crab travel "in hopes that it volition beryllium a root of enactment to immoderate pistillate who is going done this close now."
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"It takes a colony to combat cancer, and I person had an astonishing village," Fischer wrote, thanking her hubby Lee Kirk, their kids Weston, 13, and Harper, 10, arsenic good arsenic champion person and The Office costar Angela Kinsey for their emotion and support. "We got done it together."
Referencing her ain The Office quality Pam Beesly, Fischer added, "Don’t skip your mammogram. Take it from Pam and her Pam Pams. Michael was right. Get ‘em checked ladies."
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